Monday, March 23, 2015

Have you heard about the "I am" movement? You can check out all of the details here. You can play along for a chance as two really great prizes from Simple Stories! So go ahead and tell them who you are!

Friday, March 20, 2015

Another Friday, wow can you believe how fast this month is going? Today is the first day of Spring and I am so excited! I am dreaming of warm days and hoping to pack away the winter wear real soon! Our final Spring retreat of 2015 is just one week away, we are looking forward to seeing all of our retreaters!

Anyway, on to the business at hand, here is your sketch for this week....

Here is a run down of our Sketch-y Friday rules. Just link up your creations in our sidebar to be entered into a random draw
for our monthly
prize. You have until March29th, at midnight to participate in any of this month's sketch
challenges, each linkup tool will remain open until that
date!

If you are playing along with more than one challenge you will
need to link each of them up via a separate blog post for the link up
tool to work. (International participants may be required to
pay some shipping fees.) Good luck, we cannot wait to see what you create!

*note - If you are playing along using Flickr the team will no longer be
leaving comments, due to changes in Flickr policies and passwords.
However, we will be checking out your entries for sure and you are
definitely eligible for the prize draw. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

In other news, the Spring issue of Scrapbook and Cards Today, is available now with a minimum purchase!

Did you know we have our very own SCT model?

For those of you that do not know, this is Elaine's daughter, Zoe, the photo was taken at the recent Crop & Create event! Isn't she the cutest?

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Hi there!Laura here, sharing a new tutorial here today, I thought I would share a fun little tip about using up those alphabet sticker punctuations and symbols. They make really great and coordinated page accents.

Most alpha sheets have lots of small circular elements, like periods and the dots from i's and question marks etc. plus lots of great symbols like brackets and @ signs.

I used a lot of the little round period-like elements on this page, much the same way that you might use enamel dots. I topped them off with some Liquid Glass for a little dimension and impact.

I also like to use ampersands and @ signs for quick and easy accents.

I have shared these pages before, but wanted to note that I have used the punctuation stickers in unique ways.

it is super convenient to have matching stickers to use in this way and the traditional way, plus I feel like I am getting more bang for my buck.

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Just reminding you all that we are having our semi annual design team call! Please see below for the details of the call.

We are looking for an undetermined number of designers whom will be a blend of some of our current teammates as well as new design team members, to create layouts based on our Sketch-y Friday challenges.

Each of our new design team members
will be added to one of our 2 teams, with each team responsible for creating
samples for 2 of our sketch challenges per month!

If you are a loyal and committed scrapper that loves using sketches as a jumping off point for your layouts, read on.....Design Team Requirements:

create 2 layouts per month, using the sketches provided

post our badge on your blog (yes you must be a blogger)

become a member of our private Facebook group (this is how we communicate as a team)

submit your layouts to us on or before the designated due dates

post the ScrapMuch? sketch and your layout, along with a link to the ScrapMuch? blog on your blog on the day of our reveal (Fridays)

share your blog posts on your Facebook page

comment on entries, as assigned (this is a must)

you do not need to be exclusive to ScrapMuch?, you can belong to one other sketch DT or unlimited other challenge DT's, however you may not belong to any other scrapbook store DT's (this includes GDT spots.)

you must be loyal and committed to promoting ScrapMuch?

This call is open to scrappers in Canada and the U.S., you do not need to have
Design Team experience to apply, all applications will be considered.
The term will run for 6 months, from May 1st, 2015 until October 31, 2015. Compensation provided in the form of a store discount.

To apply, create a layout using one of our March 2015 sketches. Send a high quality photo of your layout along with
the following information to Laura via email at lwhitaker@bell.net,
before our March 29th, 2015 deadline. Please put ScrapMuch? DT Call in
the subject line.

Also include:

2 of your favourite layouts, we would love to see what you think best represents your style!! If you love 2 page layouts be sure to share one of those as well, as you know we offer a two page sketch each month

past or present DT experience (though none is necessary)

a link to your blog

your full name and address

Selected entrants will be notified via email, by April 7th and the new team will be
announced on our blog on April 27th. New team members will be expected to
participate in the May 1st or 8th reveal according to the team you are slotted into.

Be sure to link it up your application layout for your chance at our March prize, using our Inlinkz tool on the left hand side bar.

Here is a run down of our Sketch-y Friday rules. Just link up your creations in our sidebar to be entered into a random draw
for our monthly
prize. You have untilMarch 29th, at midnight to participate in any of this month's sketch
challenges, each linkup tool will remain open until that
date!

If you are playing along with more than one challenge you will
need to link each of them up via a separate blog post for the link up
tool to work. (International participants may be required to
pay some shipping fees.) Good luck, we cannot wait to see what you create!

*note - If you are playing along using Flickr the team will no longer be
leaving comments, due to changes in Flickr policies and passwords.
However, we will be checking out your entries for sure and you are
definitely eligible for the prize draw. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thanks for visiting!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?!

PS Please check your blogs, blogger has made some changes and if your
blog is set up to have a separate window open up for comments, blogger
has added a comment verification that can make it tedious and/or
challenging for us to leave comments on your blogs depending on the
devices that the team members use to visit you. You may not get
comments if you have comment verification activated on your blog. Thank
you!

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Laura here sharing this fun little tutorial today. It is a simple little gift box "how to" that has no cutting and requires no special tools! Gotta love that right? And we can all use a sweet little gift box at some point or another through out the year.

Let's get started, you will require a scoring tool of some sort, whether you use your cutting or a Martha Stewart scoring plate like mine, it doesn't really matter, and an 8.5 x 11 inch piece of paper.

Stat by scoring across the width of the paper at .75", 4.5", 6.5" and 10.25".

Then turn your paper so that you are scoring along the length and score at 2" and 6.5".

Now work from the centre score lines and score to the outside edge of the paper.

Your score lines should look like this.

Next crease along all your score lines to make them nice and pliable.

Add some adhesive from below the diagonal score lines and running toward the outer edge of the paper.

Begin folding the sides inward to create a box / bag shape.

Your paper should now look like this.

Repeat on all four corners to attain this look.

Add soem adhesive to the triangular areas.

Open up the inner area so that there is a bit of a open area in the centre. Press the adhesive onto the sides.

Your box / bag should look like this.

Now you can do the fun bit and start adding details and accents to the box. Like some patterned paper.

Then I added ribbon handles anchored with brads.

And a little coloured digi, but of course you can add anything that you wish to the front of your project.